Vertical Knowledge launches Robotic Process Automation to alternative data
January 27, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Vertical Knowledge launches Robotic Process Automation to alternative data

Vertical Knowledge, provider of an end-to-end public data platform, announced earlier today that it has launched its latest Robotic Process Automation (RPA) framework. The new framework has been designed for automating internet-based tasks that support accurate, reliable and compliant alternative data and offers the full range of RPA, Intelligent Automated Software (IAS) and Intelligent Automated…

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January 27, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

London loses to New York as preeminent financial center for second year in Duff & Phelps Global Regulatory Outlook 2020

With Brexit deadline afoot this week, London is losing trust even further as a most important financial center. The declining trust is also strengthened by the latest findings in Global Regulatory Outlook (GRO) report of the global advisors Duff & Phelps. Just 34% of senior executives put London as the world’s preeminent financial hub, 20%…

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Daily Market analysis
January 27, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: Coronavirus fears, investors are switching liquidity from stocks to safe havens

ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for January 27, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: GOLD The gold price has started the week in green. Fears over the coronavirus spreading further are pulling up the price as investors are switching some liquidity from stocks…

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FlexTrade adds Paul Beatty to team
January 27, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

OANDA hires Emmanuel Coulon as Chief Technology Officer

Multi-asset trading services and currency data and analytics company, OANDA just announced the appointment of Emmanuel Coulon as Chief Technology Officer. Coulon will be driving OANDA’s global technology strategy. Coulon joins OANDA from ADSS where he served as Global Head of Technology, having previously worked at ICAP, Grupo CIMD and Effix Systems / Reuters. Gavin…

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January 24, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Kaber Mclean appointed for CEO of HSBC Australia

HSBC announced on Thursday that Kaber Mclean was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the bank’s Australian office. The lender aims to expands in the region as Hong Kong operations are under pressure of anti-government riots. Mclean has been with HSBC since 1996. For more than two decades of service at the bank, he has…

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January 24, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Christopher Woolard – the new Interim Chief Executive of the FCA

FCA announced today that HM Treasury appointed Christopher Woolard as Interim Chief Executive. Woolard is currently Executive Director of Strategy and Competition of FCA and an Executive member of the Board. His predecessor Andrew Bailey left the position to become Governor of the Bank of England. FCA Chairman Charles Randell, said: I’m looking forward to…

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January 24, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Uber strikes electric deal with Nissan

Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for January 24, 2020.  In US stocks, after tumbling 3.6% on Wednesday after disappointing on subscriber growth in the US, Netflix surged 7.2% on Thursday. It was boosted by weak results from Comcast, which has plans to get…

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BoE: Bank of England could lower rates next week
January 24, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

BoE: Bank of England could lower rates next week

The following article was written by Alejandro Zambrano, Chief Market Strategist at ATFX UK. With seven days to the January 30 Bank of England rate meeting, the rate markets are anticipating the central bank to ease the interest rate from 0.75% to 0.50% with a likelihood of 61%. Weak GDP growth and comments from the…

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January 24, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA continues adding unauthorised companies to its warning list

It's been quite a busy week for the UK watchdog FCA. The regulator has put out the details of some more unauthorised companies today. The names of the latest additions to the regulator’s warning list are the companies Instant Bond Compare, as well as the clone firms IPO-FX and WVH Ethical. According to the regulator, the fraudsters are…

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